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12:45 PM ET, July 19, 2023

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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe  —  X  —  Subpoena shows another area of overlap between DOJ and Fulton prosecutors  —  Federal prosecutors examining former President Donald Trump's attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance …
Discussion: CNBC and Talking Points Memo
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Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
“Arrest and Indictment”  —  The GOP embraces the OJ defense.  —  “Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter (again it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury …
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor claims Jack Smith visiting Subway is ‘a message to Donald Trump’  —  An anchor on CNN claimed on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith visiting a Subway was “a message to Donald Trump.”  —  The statement comes on the same day Trump announced he received a letter notifying that …
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Maggie Haberman Reveals How Trump Reacted To Jack Smith's Letter … By Marita Vlachou  —  Breaking News Reporter, HuffPost
Bloomberg:
Trump Election Probe Case Crowds Active Campaign Calendar  — Trump announced he received target letter in Jan. 6 probe  — New indictment against former president could come in days  —  The Justice Department appears to be on a fast track to charge former President Donald Trump …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Gaetz says he'll offer bill to defund Jack Smith investigations of Trump  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) announced on his podcast Tuesday he is introducing legislation to defund investigations into President Trump led by Special Counsel Jack Smith.  —  Gaetz made the announcement hours after Trump …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump has a plan to consolidate power in a second term. It just might work.
Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
Special Counsel's Jan. 6 Target Letter to Trump Mentions Conspiracy, Tampering
New York Times:
Trump's Conspirators Are Facing the Music, Finally
Politico:
Looming indictment wrenches open the central question of 2024: Is Trump fit to serve?
New York Times:
Republicans Shrug at New Possible Trump Indictment
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Michigan attorney general charges ‘false electors’ over efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Pence: Judgment over Trump's actions on Jan 6 should be left up to American people
CNN:
Judge in Trump classified documents case tells prosecutors that a mid-December trial date would be too soon
Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lashes Out Over Trump Target Letter: ‘Worse Than Russia’
Washington Post:
2024 won't be a Trump-Biden replay.  You can thank Gen Z for that.  —  Celinda Lake, a Democratic Party strategist, was one of two lead pollsters for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.  Mac Heller is a documentary film producer, most recently of “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook.”
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come  —  James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’  —  The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years …
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Wesleyan University ending legacy admissions after Supreme Court ruling  —  Wesleyan University announced on Wednesday it would be ending its legacy admissions after the Supreme Court ruled last month to curtail the use of affirmative action in the college admission process.
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
DeVos calls latest Biden student loan move a ‘blatant vote buy’  —  Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos condemned President Biden on Tuesday for his latest plan to cancel student loans.  —  “What President Biden is trying to do is just a blatant vote buy.  The Supreme Court has ruled it's illegal.
Axios:
Huckabee Sanders' 2024 neutrality frustrates Trump  —  Tensions between Donald Trump and his former press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have grown over her neutrality in the 2024 presidential race, people familiar with the relationship tell Axios.
David Smith / The Guardian:
Robert Kennedy Jr's racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says  —  Democratic candidate's recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern  —  Robert Kennedy Jr, a long shot Democratic candidate for US president …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
IRS agent ‘Whistleblower X’ opening statement revealed: ‘The American people deserve to know the truth’  —  One IRS agent referred to as “Whistleblower X,” will have their identity revealed for the first time during the hearing  —  Two whistleblowers who alleged the Justice Department politically interfered …
Ju-min Park / Reuters:
Travis King: US soldier got in fights, damaged police car before dash to North Korea  —  Months before he fled into North Korea, U.S. soldier Travis King faced two assault allegations and was fined by a South Korean court for damaging a police car, according to a court ruling and a lawyer who represented him.
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ABC News:
US soldier in North Korean custody after crossing DMZ line
Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Senators to Propose Ban on U.S. Lawmakers, Executive Branch Members Owning Stock  —  Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley to unveil bill as new poll shows strong public support for stock ban  —  WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators are set this week to introduce bipartisan legislation to bar members …
Discussion: CNN, The Messenger and Fox News
Reuters:
Donald Trump Loses Bid For New Trial In E. Jean Carroll Case  —  A federal judge said the jury did not reach a “seriously erroneous result,” and the May 9 verdict was not a “miscarriage of justice.”  —  A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik ‘in Talks’ With Jack Smith's Team, Lawyer Says  —  ‘NOTHING TO HIDE’  —  Former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik is in talks to be interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith's team investigating efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Tommy Tuberville pledged to ‘donate every dime’ to veterans.  He hasn't.  —  The Fact Checker … As senator, Tuberville has made veterans one of his key issues.  The former football coach serves on both the Veterans' Affairs Committee and the Armed Services Committee.
Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story and al.com
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Mysterious $1 Million Prize  —  'With all of the Left's wailing about transparency, this is the antithesis'  —  When the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepted a $1 million prize from a liberal billionaire's foundation, she pledged to pass the money to a list of designated charities.
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Israeli Antiquities Are Stranded at Trump's Florida Estate as Authorities Fail to Retrieve Them  —  Israeli clay lamps, intended for a brief exhibition in Washington D.C. in 2019, got stranded in the U.S. due to the pandemic.  Recently, they were found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Israel Struggling to Recover Ancient Artifacts Trump Took to Mar-a-Lago: Report
Discussion: Haaretz
 
 
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Still Paying Tulsi Gabbard's Sister a Fortune for Security
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Ian Hodgson / Tampa Bay Times:
At New College of Florida, a ‘ridiculously high’ number of faculty are gone
Discussion: Raw Story and Orlando Sentinel
Politico:
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Love the way you lie  —  Above: at least the chyron person, unlike the interviewer, was awake
Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Muslim legislator attacked outside Eid-al Adha prayer in Connecticut says incident should be looked into as a hate crime
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David Gelles / New York Times:
Al Gore on Extreme Heat and the Fight Against Fossil Fuels
Discussion: The Messenger
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Woman who directed Jan. 6 rioters with bullhorn convicted on federal charges
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Housing starts fall 8% despite other signs of a warming housing market
Discussion: The Hill and Wall Street Journal
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Lawmakers cool on sci-fi climate fix
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NBC News:
Louisiana lawmakers overturn governor's veto on gender-affirming care ban for trans minors
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
US Suspends Wuhan Institute Funds Over Covid Stonewalling
New York Post:
FBI told Hunter Biden investigator to duck Committee questions, bombshell letter shows
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Jack Smith Gives Trump Until Thursday to Explain Himself to the January 6 Grand Jury
 

 
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